A TRAVEL TO LONDON, A NEW VERSION OF 'THE ODYSSEA'

Loli Stone, Homer & Juan Stone, Triangle in Ithaca

Today, The Stones have spent their last day in Ithaca. It has been an amazing short Greek travel that has helped them to meet each other better and to share beautiful unforgettable experiences in Ulysses's homebirth.

It has been a special travel for Loli and Juan Stone because they have decided to take some days to think about their future together. Whatever it happened, Juan is going to remember Loli every day because she was as united to him as a shadow, although he is an adventurous brave man and he trusts on love.

The family has been shocked with this news and they have tried to convince Loli using some English grammar (Imperative & Should) but it has been impossible. Carlos Stone has said that Ithaca remembers him Agatha Christie's And then there were none, but The Grandma has thought about another Christie's novel, Triangle at Rhodes.

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The Grandma has explained some stories to try to cheer the family up but they were astonished with Loli's departure. She has been talking a little about King Arthur and about the figure of the Sibyl trying to search a relation between Ancient Greek and Sant Boi de Llobregat with the Romans as a nexus.

The sibyls were oracles in Ancient Greece. The earliest sibyls, according to legend, prophesied at holy sites. Their prophecies were influenced by divine inspiration from a deity; originally at Delphi and Pessinos. In Late Antiquity, various writers attested to the existence of sibyls in Greece, Italy, the Levant, and Asia Minor.

She has talked about the presence of some ancient caves in Sant Boi and their possible relation with ancient hermits who also lived in caves, as the ancient Greek Sibyls and finally, she has explained some facts about The Song of the Sibyl, a liturgical drama and a Gregorian chant, the lyrics of which comprise a prophecy describing the Apocalypse, which has been performed in some Mediterranean churches, on Christmas Eve nearly uninterruptedly since medieval times. It was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on 16 November, 2010.

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Paying attention to the Sibyl -or to random-, the family has chosen to prepare their next travel to London. The social situation with a health crisis can do that this new travel was an Odyssey, because of this; The Grandma has decided to offer some rules and advice:

-Don't be panic

-Follow the official channels

-Trust in the British government

-Take your passport always with you

-Don't go alone (we are a family)

-You shouldn't be worried, you should enjoy the travel

-You should use your credit card (unfinished credit) to avoid touching notes and coins

-You should talk to everyone to practice English (it is a fantastic opportunity)

-You should use your new IPhone11, if you have any kind of trouble (911)

-Take a lot of photos and share with the family by Signal

Roll of the dice! (Alea iacta est!).

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The Odyssey, in Greek Ὀδύσσεια, is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.

The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus, known as Ulysses in Roman myths, king of Ithaca, and his journey home after the fall of Troy.

It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed Odysseus has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres, in Greek  Μνηστῆρες or Proci, who compete for Penelope's hand in marriage.

Carlos, And then there were none & The Odyssey

The Odyssey continues to be read in the Homeric Greek and translated into modern languages around the world. Many scholars believe the original poem was composed in an oral tradition by an aoidos (epic poet/singer), perhaps a rhapsode (professional performer), and was more likely intended to be heard than read. The details of the ancient oral performance and the story's conversion to a written work inspire continual debate among scholars.

The Odyssey was written in a poetic dialect of Greek -a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek, Ionic Greek, and other Ancient Greek dialects- and comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter. Among the most noteworthy elements of the text are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events of choices made by women and slaves, besides the actions of fighting men. In the English language as well as many others, the word odyssey has come to refer to an epic voyage.

The Odyssey has a lost sequel, The Telegony, which was not attributed to Homer. It was usually attributed in antiquity to Cinaethon of Sparta. In one source, the Telegony was said to have been stolen from Musaeus of Athens by either Eugamon or Eugammon of Cyrene.

Odysseus' name means troubl" in Greek, referring to both the giving and receiving of trouble -as is often the case in his wanderings. An early example of this is the boar hunt that gave Odysseus the scar by which Eurycleia recognizes him; Odysseus is injured by the boar and responds by killing it. Odysseus' heroic trait is his mētis, or cunning intelligence. He is often described as the Peer of Zeus in Counsel. This intelligence is most often manifested by his use of disguise and deceptive speech.

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As he sails away from the island of the Cyclopes, he shouts his name and boasts that nobody can defeat the Great Odysseus. The Cyclops then throws the top half of a mountain at him and prays to his father, Poseidon, saying that Odysseus has blinded him. This enrages Poseidon, causing the god to thwart Odysseus' homecoming for a very long time.

The Odyssey is written in dactylic hexameter. It opens in medias res, in the middle of the overall story, with prior events described through flashbacks or storytelling.

The events in the main sequence of the Odyssey, excluding Odysseus' embedded narrative of his wanderings, take place in the Peloponnese and in what are now called the Ionian Islands. There are difficulties in the apparently simple identification of Ithaca, the homeland of Odysseus, which may or may not be the same island that is now called Ithakē (Ιθάκη).

The wanderings of Odysseus as told to the Phaeacians, and the location of the Phaeacians' own island of Scheria, pose more fundamental problems, if geography is to be applied: scholars, both ancient and modern, are divided as to whether or not any of the places visited by Odysseus, after Ismaros and before his return to Ithaca, are real

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 A man who has been through bitter experiences

and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.

Homer